Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

forma mobile

English translation:

cutout

Added to glossary by Maria Burnett
Oct 14, 2020 20:40
3 yrs ago
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Italian term

forma mobile

Italian to English Other Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting Neodinamismo
Pertanto un’opera neodinamica include tutto il pezzo di materia scelto ed è suddivisa in due parti definite Forma Matrice (la parte di materia rimasta) e Forma Mobile (la parte elaborata con gli elementi estratti dalla Forma Matrice).

Proposed translations

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cutout

I've cut and pasted this from my answer to Maria's other question about "forma matrice", since the two are closely linked.

I think they're talking about three-dimensional art in which a piece or pieces are cut out of a geometric shape and rearranged, as in the first picture here:

http://www.angelomuriotto.com/it/neodinamismo/

Here's an even simpler example from the same artist:
http://www.angelomuriotto.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/L3A...

I suggested "matrix" for "matrice", the original shape, and I'm now suggesting "cutout" for the bits removed from it to form a composition. Again, I don't think it's necessary to say "form", but you could if you wanted to.

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Note added at 46 mins (2020-10-14 21:27:46 GMT)
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My second link got truncated.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=ye4zqrU...
Peer comment(s):

neutral Lisa Jane : Your explanation makes sense but I'm not sure that these terms should be translated as they are invented by the artist as part of his theory.
10 hrs
I don't see any point in leaving them in Italian. The translator's job is to make life as easy as possible for the reader.
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11 hrs

Leave in Italian and explain (see below)

As terms coined by Fontana himself in his own manifesto and theory of art I wouldn't translate them but put them in italics with an explanation or in brackets as follows:

Forma mobile (a mobile or moveable form/shape cut out from the Matrix)
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